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My Boy

192156 minUnited States
Drama

Synopsis

Orphaned during the voyage from France, Jackie slips past immigration officials and follows an old sailor home. He tries to make himself useful enough to stay. When the captain becomes ill, the boy's efforts to earn money bring him into a larger search for his own family.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
54:52
Subtitles
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Victor Heerman and Albert Austin · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsVictor HeermanAlbert Austin

Historical context

The film was designed for Jackie Coogan after his success in The Kid. Its combination of a resourceful child, precarious shelter and an unlikely adult companion develops the persona that had made him a major young star.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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